… Why are your headquarters in Geneva? What was to become the International … met for the first time in February 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. Among the five members … persuaded governments to adopt the original Geneva Convention. This treaty obliged armies …
… 31-01-2017 Geneva: New research, led by the International … please contact: Philippe Stoll, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 79 536 92 49 HUMANITARIAN … 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
… and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996, Geneva, in force 3 December 1998, 2048 UNTS … Effects (With Protocols I, II and III). Geneva, 10 October, 1980. United Nations, … Guided Mortar Systems. Research Note No. 3. Geneva: Small Arms Survey. Jenzen-Jones, N.R. …
… law Atrocities in conflict mean we need the Geneva Conventions more than ever 2. Schindler's List … true story. ICRC recommended reading: Second Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the …
… organizing committee of the competition in Geneva in 1996 Coach in 1997 GENERATING … IMAGINATION* ‘One of the worst enemies of the Geneva Conventions is ignorance.’1 Jean Pictet …
… launch of the updated commentary to the First Geneva Convention. Twenty eight people …
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… in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross …
… ICRC-supported centers. As a guardian of the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC worked with Authorities, …
… anniversary of the Second Hague Conference, Geneva. Speech by Christine Beerli, Vice … of the Russian Federation to the UN in Geneva, and Ambassador Borodavkin in … this commemoration of 110 years of the Hague Conventions, and to offer our perspective on …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
